Nikolai Chkheidze: Nikolai Chkheidze. Nikolai Chkheidze was born on 9 April 1864 in Puti, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire [now Imereti, Republic of Georgia]. He died on 13 June 1926 in Leuville-sur-Orge, Seine-et-Oise [now Essonne], France.